Seat cover



Nov. 29, 1932.

s E. HY'MAN SEAT COVER Filed May 18, 1951 Patented Nmza 1932.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SOLOMON E.-HYMA.N, OF FREMONT, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE. S. E.

m COMPANY,

01 FREMONT, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO SEAT COVER Application fled jlay 18,

This invention relates to seat covers, particular] intended for use in connection with the individual seats of automobiles, and has for its object the provision of an improved cover of this character, which is adapted to completely cover the back and seat portions of a seat structure and to closely fit and adjust itself to the shape of the seat in an eflicient manner. I

The invention is fully described in the following specification, and one embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a seat cover embodying the invention as it appears when applied to a seat, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawing, 1 and 2 desighate the rear and' front panels of the seat back covering portion of a cover embod ing the invention, said panels being substantially coextensive in width with the respective sides of the back which the cover, and the rear panel'l extending to t e lower rear edge of the seat.

The front panel 2 extends at its lower edge substantially to the line where the back and seat portions of the seat structure 'oin, and continues forward therefrom to orm the seat coverin panel portion 3 of substantially the same wi th as the panel 2 and terminating at its side edges substantially at the side edges of the seat.

A front skirt portion 4 is directly attached to and depends from the forward edge of the seat panel 3 in covering relation to the front end portion ofthe seat structure. A wing 5 is directly attached to and extends rearward from each end of the skirt 4 along the respective side of the seat and terminates at its rear edge in a line which is substantially a continuation of the adjacent vertical edge line of the back cover panel 2. The u per edge of each wing 5 is spaced slightly om the adjacent side edge of the seat panel 3 and is connected thereto by an elastic web 6 extending the full length of the side edge of the seat, and is of a character to permit transverse stretching so that the connected space. between the seat panel 3 and skirt wing 5' I retain the cover in position thereon.

1981. Serial No. 588,082.

may give or take to adapt the cover to conform to and closely fit a seat. The lower edges of the wings 5 substantially coincide with the corresponding lower edges of the seat structure. y

The panels 1, 2 and 3, skirt portion 4 and wings 5 are preferably composed of a firm and durable non-yield1ng or non-elastic fabric and" the edges of the panels 1 and 2 are connected by a continuous elastic strip 7, which extends over the top and down'the side edges of the seat back to the extreme bottom of the seat or lower edge of the rear panel 1, and has the rear ends of the wings 5 and elastic strip 6 joined to-its front edge below the panel 2 and in opposition to the lower side edge portions of the panel 1. The elasticity of the strip 7 is transverse to its length, so that the seat back receiving portion of the cover will be adapted to closely fit backs of different sizes.

A draw-string 8 extends entirely around the lower 'edg'e of the cover within a hem provided therein, and enables such edge to be closely drawn around the lower seat edge to It is found that a cover having its parts arranged and connected as shown, adapts itself more readily to the varying shapes and sizes of seat structures countered in automobiles of different makes, and at the same time disposes the elastic and hon-elastic portions where most needed to produce not only a long wearing cover but one that retains its shape during long use.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction, arrangement or form of the parts, except insofar as it is limited by the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A cover of the class described, comprising front and rear seat back covering panels, an elastic strip connecting the. top and side edges of said panels and extending at its ends with the rear anel below the lower end of said front panelE a seat panel attached to and extending forward from the loweredge of saidfront panel, a skirt panel attached to and depending from the forward edge of the seat panel, a wing attached to and rojecting rearwardly from each end of the s 'rt panel and being substantially equal in depth thereto and having its rear end attached to the forward side edge of the adjacent end portion of said elastic strip in opposition to the back panel, the adjacent edges of the seat panel and side wings being slightl spaced, and an elastic web disposed in eac spaces and attached along its upper and lower edges to the seat panel and wing respectively, and'having its rear end directly attached to the forward side edge of said first elastic strip, said panels and wings being of nonelastic material.

2. A cover of the class described, comprising front and rear seat-back covering panels with the back panel extending to the lower edge of the rear side of a seat-back to be covered, elastic strips connecting the sideedges of said panels and extending at their lower ends to the lower end of said rear anel, a. seat panel attached to and extending orward from the lower edge of said front panel, a. skirt panel attached to and depending from the forward edge of the seat panel, a wing attached to and projecting rearwardly from each end of the skirt panel and connected at their rear ends to the adjacent side edges of said elastic stri with their lower edges substantially alignmg with the lower edge of said rear panel, and a second elastic strip at each side of the seat panel connecting the side edge thereof to the upper edge of the respective wing, said skirt panel and wings being of non-yielding material.

3. A cover of the class described having a seat panel, a skirt panel attached to and depending from the forward edge of the seat panel, a wing attached to' and projecting rearwardly from each end of the skirt panel and being substantially equal in depth thereto, means connecting the rear ends of said wing across the seat-back, an elastic strip at each side of the seat panel connecting the side edge thereof to the top edge of the respective wing and extending substantially the length of the side edge of the seat and being yieldable in a direction transverse to the wings, and means for drawing the lower edges of the skirt panel and wings closely around the lower edge of the seat to which attached, said skirt panel and wings being of non-yielding material.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this s ecification.

SOLOM N E. HYMAN.

of said. 

